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Business expectations and preferences regarding the introduction of daylight saving in Queensland [PDF]

This paper examines the role of organisational, industry and regional characteristics in determining business support for the introduction of daylight saving in Queensland, Australia.
Andrew Worthington
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Investigation of the Effect of Parametric Patterned Façade and Resulting Daylight Illuminance on Students’ Mood and Task Performance in Architecture Studio-Based Tutoring

Journal of Daylighting
Parametric design is one of the thriving contemporary architectural treatments that not only has an influence on the design of building envelopes but is capable of affecting the users physically and psychologically.
Yasmine Mahmoud Saad Abdelhamid, Sherine M. Wahba, Mennat-Allah ElHusseiny   +2 more
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Evaluation of Different Roof Types Concerning Daylight in Industrial Buildings during the Initial Design Phase: Methodology and Case Study

Buildings, 2019
Used properly, daylight can provide visual comfort, reduce energy consumption and improve health and safety at work. This paper investigates the influence that different roof types, (i.e., sawtooth roof, skylight and monitor), have on daylight levels ...
Theodora Mavridou, Lambros T. Doulos
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Improving energy saving evaluation in lighting using daylight utilization with area segregation technique [PDF]

, 2015
Lighting control is one of the key areas for energy saving in lighting system. Automatic control systems reduce energy consumption by decreasing load and operating time of lamps based on various factors like occupancy, time and daylight illuminance ...
Ul Haq, Mohammad Asif
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Rethinking daylighting and compliance

Journal of Sustainable Design and Applied Research in Innovative Engineering of the Built Environment, 2013
Daylight in buildings is the natural illumination experienced by the occupants of any man-made construction with openings to the outside. Our attempts to formulate some measure of daylight provision in buildings can be traced back over a century, and the
John Mardaljevic
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Laser beacon studies final summary report, 30 jun. - 31 oct. 1961 [PDF]

Laser beacon for daylight optical tracking - components description, signal to noise ratio, and signal ...
Fletcher, P. C.
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Multi-Objective Optimisation of Skylight Design Parameters for a Low-rise Building in the Tropics

International Journal of Technology
Skylight is an effective strategy for maximising daylight penetration while minimising electrical lighting energy demand in buildings. However, in tropical climate regions, skylight can be problematic due to the risk of excessive sunlight. This study
Dinta Wijaya, Sentagi Sesotya Utami, Rizki Armanto Mangkuto   +2 more
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Daylight Control Performance of Biomimetic Facades: Biomimetic Facade Proposals for an Office Building

Journal of Architectural Sciences and Applications
Today, the development of technology has enabled people to develop different perspectives on the environment, nature and objects. As a result, the biomimicry approach, defined as the search for nature-oriented solutions to environmental problems with new
Ümit Arpacıoğlu, Berfin Yılmaz
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Daylight overdrafts and payments system risks [PDF]

During the last several years, the banking community has become increasingly aware of the risks faced by participants on electronic funds transfer (EFT) networks.
David L. Mengle
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Control of daylight and artefacts display and placement in historic museum galleries / Noraini Ahmad [PDF]

, 2014
Daylighting in historic museum galleries is not an easy criterion to manage as natural light fluctuates according to the sky conditions; hence the need for strategic daylight control programme becomes evident.
Ahmad, Noraini
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